Freedom of the Will A Conditional Analysis Routledge Studies in Metaphysics 1st Edition by Ferenc Huoranszki 0415879477 9780415879477

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ISBN 10: 0415879477
ISBN 13: 9780415879477
Author: Ferenc Huoranszki

Freedom of the Will provides a novel interpretation of G. E. Moore’s famous conditional analysis of free will and discusses several questions about the meaning of free will and its significance for moral responsibility. Although Moore’ theory has a strong initial appeal, most metaphysicians believe that there are conclusive arguments against it. Huoranszki argues that the importance of conditional analysis must be reevaluated in light of some recent developments in the theory of dispositions. The original analysis can be amended so that the revised conditional account is not only a good response to determinist worries about the possibility of free will, but it can also explain the sense in which free will is an important condition of moral responsibility. This study addresses three fundamental issues about free will as a metaphysical condition of responsibility. First, the book explains why agents are responsible for their actions or omissions only if they have the ability to do otherwise and shows that the relevant ability is best captured by the revised conditional analysis. Second, it aims to clarify the relation between agents’ free will and their rational capacities. It argues that free will as a condition of responsibility must be understood in terms of agents’ ability to do otherwise rather than in terms of their capacity to respond to reasons. Finally, the book explains in which sense responsibility requires self-determination and argues that it is compatible with agents’ limited capacity to control their own character, reasons, and motives.

Freedom of the Will: A Conditional Analysis 1st Table of contents:

Part I Free Will and Powers
2 Powers and Possibilities
2.1 DETERMINISM AND THE CONSEQUENCE ARGUMENT
2.2 PAST, LAWS, AND CHOICES
2.3 PAST, LAWS, AND ABILITIES
2.4 INCOMPATIBILIST INTUITIONS
3 Agency and Responsibility
3.1 DIRECT RESPONSIBILITY
3.2 NEGLIGENCE AND CONTROL
3.3 THE POWER OVER CHOICE
3.4 THE ACT OF CHOICE
4 The Conditional Analysis of Free Will
4.1 MOORE’S ANALYSIS OF FREE WILL
4.2 THE ABILITY TO ACT OTHERWISE
4.3 CIRCULARITY AND REGRESS REJECTED
4.4 FREEDOM OF WILL AND FREE ACTIONS
5 Abilities and Control
5.1 RESPONSIBILITY AND REAL OPTIONS
5.2 ABILITIES, OPPORTUNITIES, AND FRANKFURT’S CASES
5.3 POWERS, SKILLS, AND CHANCES
5.4 INTERIM CONCLUSION
Part II Free Will and Reasons
6 Intelligibility
6.1 COMPATIBILISM AND REASONS DEPENDENCE
6.2 REASONS AND MENTAL MECHANISMS
6.3 MORAL WEAKNESS
6.4 ATTITUDES AND CHOICES
7 Rationality
7.1 RESPONSIBILITY AND REASONS
7.2 ACTIONS WITHOUT REASONS
7.3 SUB RATIONE BONI
7.4 REASONS AND RATIONAL CONTROL
8 Spontaneity
8.1 REASONS, ABILITIES, AND SPONTANEITY
8.2 ULTIMATE RESPONSIBILITY
8.3 MOTIVES, CHOICES, AND RESTRICTIVISM
8.4 PLURAL RATIONALITY
9 The Determination of the Self
9.1 SELF-CONTROL AND THE FORMATION OF THE SELF
9.2 CHARACTER, CONTROL, AND ABILITIES
9.3 INDEPENDENCE
9.4 SUMMARY
10 Conclusion

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